For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section:
Buy-back center means any recycling facility which purchases recyclable materials.
C.F.R. means the Code of Federal Regulations.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago.
Composting means a controlled process which transforms organic waste and/or livestock waste into products useful as soil amendments. Composting shall include windrow composting, in-vessel aerobic composting and anaerobic digestion composting technologies.
Composting facility means any building, portion of a building or area in which organic waste and/or livestock waste is collected, stored, or processed.
Department means the Department of Health.
Drop-off center means any recycling facility that accepts without charge or payment recyclable materials.
Food scrap means garbage that is (i) capable of being composted, (ii) separated by the generator from other waste, including non-compostable garbage; and (iii) managed separately from other waste, including non-compostable garbage. Food scrap includes packaging, utensils, and food containers composed of readily biodegradable material in accordance with the ASTM D6400 standard required for use under Section 3.197 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, as amended.
Illinois Environmental Protection Act means the Environmental Protection Act, as amended, codified at 415 ILCS 5/1, et seq.
In-vessel means composting which is conducted entirely within a fully enclosed container, with no opening having a dimension greater than 1/4 inch in any direction.
Landscape waste means grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs and other materials accumulated as a result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees, and includes any discarded fruits, vegetables and other vegetative material or crop residue generated in the care of a garden. The term "landscape waste" does not include soil other than incidental soil (e.g., soil attached to sod or attached to other materials accumulated as a result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines, trees or a garden).
Livestock waste means excreta from animals used for food, fiber or labor, associated feed losses, and bedding.
Organic waste means food scrap, landscape waste, uncontaminated wood waste or other non-hazardous carbonaceous waste, such as paper, corrugated paper or cardboard, that is collected and processed separately from the rest of the municipal waste stream.
Owner or operator means any person who has legal title to any premises, who has charge, care or control of any premises, who is in possession of the premises or any part thereof, or who is entitled to control or direct the management of the premises.
Processing means manual, mechanical or automated separation of recyclable material from other materials; separation of recyclable materials from each other; cleaning, bundling, compacting, cutting, packing of recyclable material or such other processing of recyclable materials as approved by the commissioner.
Recyclable material shall be categorized as Type A, Type B, Type C or Type D recyclable material and shall have the meaning ascribed to each such type, as follows:
"Type A recyclable material(s)" means any aluminum or ferrous or non-ferrous scrap metal; bi-metal or tin cans; glass products; paper products; rubber; textiles; plastic products, such as polyethelene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, polystyrene or polypropolene; and any other material designated as Type A recyclable material by the commissioner in duly promulgated rules and regulations.
"Type B recyclable material(s)" means organic waste, and any other material designated as Type B recyclable material by the commissioner in duly promulgated rules and regulations.
"Type C recyclable material(s)" means used motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, and any other material designated as Type C recyclable material by the commissioner in duly promulgated rules and regulations.
"Type D recyclable material(s)" means construction and demolition debris that does not contain lead, asbestos or any other hazardous material in such a way as to render recycling of such material illegal or impossible and that has been rendered reusable and is reused, or that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded but is collected or separated and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or product, and any other material designated as Type D recyclable material by the commissioner in duly promulgated rules and regulations.
Scrap metal means used or discarded articles made of metal and parts thereof.
Source separation means the manual separation by the generator of recyclable materials according to type of material.
Uncontaminated wood waste means untreated, unpainted and unvarnished wood.
Urban farm means a farm that meets the description and requirements in Sections 17-9-0103.3 and 17-17-0104-H of this Code.
Vector means any living agent, other than human, capable of transmitting, directly or indirectly, an infectious disease.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-98, p. 78812; Amend Coun. J. 4-9-08, p. 24657, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 6-9-10, p. 93530, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 167; Amend Coun. J. 10-16-13, p. 61664, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 4110, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. IV, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. VI, § 2)